Big Niches, Little Money

Yes, you can really work with that suggestion. It is a big problem. How about "Why children need religion in their lives." and other similar themes?

TomG.

Let's start with the last one..that's a doozy!...to show that you dont have a clue about missions! you dont find personal satisfaction in doing mission work..YOU ARE CALLED TO IT!!! and you dont do it for personal satisfaction you do it for God and his satisfaction...oh maybe that is where your ebook was going? right? LOL

Tithing...ummm you cannot and should not and I dont know where you got the crazy idea but "entice tithing"? LOL
You cant entice anyone to tithe? sorry..you tithe because you want to and if you dont you wont and there are some that do it just because they think it will help them out somehow...bottom line is if you are a true christian you want give God back some of His money because it isnt ours..its Gods just like eveything else is in this world.

How to get kids interested in religion...umm yea good luck with that one..buddy its in their hearts you cant force anyone or trick anyone into falling into a religion..although I can think of a few that do so maybe this might work for some..but not christianity!

I could go on and on but I think I proved my point Lance

Also we get our guidance and advice from someone called "GOD" and the "Bible" and other believers so that should answer your question

Religion and Money
To pick up on Lance's list, one place where there is an interesting intersection of religion and money is the subject of tithing. For those who may not be familiar with the term, tithing refers to the donation of a portion of one' s income to the source of spiritual support. I have heard various clergy folk speak about tithing as a pathway to prosperity.

How about an interview series with people who consider this or other religious practices to be key factors in their success?

Investing from a Religious perspective

Adding on: Religious Branding Guide
There are many businesses that stress their religious or spiritual beliefs and consider that focus to be a powerful way of branding themselves. Eg., Mary Kay cosmetics used to use the phrase that went something like, "God first, country second, business third." It was one of the ways they distinguished themselves from other direct selling and party plan companies aimed at women such as Avon.

So, if cosmetics can be marketed successfully with a religious theme, why not any/every other niche?

Religion as a Super Sub Niche
For every popular niche is there a religious sub niche waiting to be explored?
How about "Where would J_s_s ski? A review site of Christian resorts and vacation destinations?

Is there a (Christian or Buddhist or ____?______) Marketers Association membership site yet?

IM for (_____?_____)
(_____?_______) Social Networking Guide

Another area that seems to do quite well, though I have no numbers to prove it, is Dating. There are several religious themed dating sites like JDate.com - The Leading Jewish Singles Network! Explore the possibilities. which seems to have lots of happy customers. There are tons of Christian dating sites as well. I'm sure some may have affiliate programs.
(the above is not an affiliate link. I am not associated with the site). So,

Religious Affiliate Network
How about a Religious version of Clickbank? Would people pay a membership fee or pay a higher price for to associate themselves with info products that passed ethical muster with a clergy review board?

This might meet a real need since one of the big problems people identify is not knowing who to trust.

Proven Prayers for Golfers?

No offense meant to anyone or their faith, just exploring ideas. Thanks, CP

[quote=Thomas Wilkinson;428007][quote=Michael patrick;..obviously not something they know anything about at all! lol but hey that hasn't stopped some marketers from trying to dig into niches where they know nothing about but this one...

I'm probably in about two dozen niches that I knew nothing about at
the outset. There is a cure for that, LEARN

Tom[/quote]

LOL or convert? you cannot understand religion from the outside looking in..it just doesnt work that way! although many people think they do. Try it Thomas and let me know the feedback you get from Christians (or other religions) they totally see your lack of understanding and fake sales pitches and whatever else you try to throw at them.. I definitely want to hear from anyone on this forum that gives one of these niches a go..but I doubt I will hear from anyone..or if I do it will be totally made up to look good!

Sorry Tiffany..just going off of some of the posts in here that are ridiculous! I wont name any names to embarass anyone or point fingers! I just find it funny when people try to talk about something they dont have a clue about..that's all..and you can see it clearly from their posts.

How did you know I was a cowboy? lol

Lance- Umm legitimate solutions to something you know nothing about? yeah uh I dont think I want to hear anything from you! and from the looks of your post you know absolutely nothing about anything even related to religion especially christianity.. I have no idea where your ideas came from but they dont make any sense to me.

and I dont believe I am the one who is mistaken here about wanting to hear from "outsiders". Are you serious? do you have a clue about anything or anyone religious? We really dont care what you think or say because we are not listening to you! simple as that.

HI Tiffany..sorry didnt mean to hijack your thread..I can delete all my posts if you would like?

I just meant that Mark didnt offer to show me any proof or anything only you.
I feel left out is all.

Michael patrick ... How on earth do I get rid of this guys posts? Dude, you are donig nothing to support your claims to be "One of those." Can you kindly take a huge chill and leave this thread alone. You are not contributing anything!!!

Give it a rest & get a thicker skin where this subject is concerned. This is a business discussion, nothing more, nothing less. Your hijacking of a brainstorming thread by making personal attacks and your self-appointed superior knowledge is hypocritical and contrary to the teachings that you feel that no-one else could possibly have any experience with. Leave the thread and move on--we are discussing business applications of a niche, personal feelings are irrelevant.

I couldn't have said this better myself!

Are you sure?

(Kidding! I'm kidding!)

Matt- Ordained ministers doesnt really have anything to do with religion because like you said anybody can do it! It used to be something sacred and only ministers could marry couples but somewhere down the line somebody thought why cant everybody do this? and laws got changed.

Your point being that you are not a christian and have made good money off of christians I cant wait to see some solid evidence of that and I will swallow my pride and come in here and eat my own words but your ideas matt our decent I was laughing more at the ridiculous ideas of others who have not thought out thier ideas at all. To Lance we already had a private discussion and he admited that he didnt thoroughly think out his ideas he just threw them out there and I apologized for being combative and defensive but I am just having fun laughing at all of these ridiculous ways to monetize something which a lot of warriors know absoletely nothing about! Its just funny that's all.

Who said something about being a hypocryte? LOL that's too funny...I love it when you guys call us hypocrytes! LOL even if we did...like you never do the same exact things..more so than us! LOL

I got caught up in the discussion and trying to wade through all of the misconceptions that someone could have about selling to groups (whew a mouthful), anyway I wasn't sure if I was adding fuel to the fire and that's what you were referring to.

Thanks

Matt

Absolutely. (And shame on you for not capturing email addresses on your own sites!) It's exactly as Shay said above, "think outside the box"

Yup. The hungry market is huge in this area. Does it need to be molded or shaped into a buying market? Some other niches need to be trained. How responsive is the current market? There certainly seems to be quite a bit of growth potential if the target market has the proper focus directed toward it.

Sheesh. THANK YOU. Ahhh, niiiice.

You get a phaser.

Do you want a Klingon disruptor, too?

We are going to be the coolest people on the whole WF....

I've lost one since tweeting about Klingons. But I gained one, so it was a wash.

I think the answer is that it's okay to tweet about anything that you think is interesting, but just be careful not to overdo it.

Well, I can't argue with ya there, but....:rolleyes:

And to you as well, Lance. I enjoyed reading your brainstorming posts before the thread got muddled and you disappeared.

I think that cooking and recipes certainly fits into the 'big niche, little money' area with a few notable exceptions.

My take on a short case study of Cooks Magazine--you know the guy who doesn't take any advertising dollars in his publications. He has a $15/month membership site with a searchable recipe index and comment area for each topic.

Not quite a full forum but it seems to organize the posts under the main categories. But again, the paid areas re-purpose the content already published by the magazines. And the re-purposed content is also available in hard copy recipe books on another continuity program. You know the model, 'buy this really expensive book and keep it on trial (risk nothing, guaranteed!) and we'll send you another one next ___' insert time period here.

There's now a PBS show as well as it's growing membership subscriber base that continues to grow from repurposing their own content, without adsense or other sponsor dollars in support.

I think that this is one of many good examples of how to do it, you know make something out of dusty old stuff in your attic. OR someone else's dusty old stuff. Or a boring or oversaturated topic. Crack this code and apply it to any niche you like.

It's interesting to note a few things here as well; if it weren't for the internet and the superb marketing efforts behind the company, this guy's success would be a mere sliver of itself AND he started it all in a very small way. I can't remember the actual details, but it grew out of the shoe box being used for recipes in his house into a big commercial enterprise.

Pretty sophisticated if you know that the #1 criterion for the customer's exposure to all of this, the 'opt-in' if you will, is that you must first be a subscriber to at least one of the magazines. So in a saturated market, he's figured out how to re-sell the same thing over and over to existing customers.